Eleni Mitsou is a member of Xekinima (CWI in Greece). The 2018/2019 school year was marked by the mass youth climate strikes that shook the world. Greta Thunberg, a Swedish school student, at the age of 15, stopped going to school to protest outside the Parliament, demanding that the government treat climate change as a […]
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James Clement is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). The ongoing trade war between Japan and South Korea has heightened with the decision by the South Korean government to sever their military intelligence cooperation with Japan. The trade war itself began when Japan removed South Korea from its white list of 27 […]
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Millions of Canadians are wondering who to vote for in the federal election. Many will decide by going for the least bad option. This is in sharp contrast to four years ago, when there was energy to kick out Harper and make real change. Trudeau successfully harnessed the desire for change, seeming to boldly offer […]
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Bruna Leão is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil). According to INPE (Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research), between August 2018 and July of this year, there were reports indicating that 6,800 km² were deforested, while in the same length of time between August of 2017 and July of 2018, the […]
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Luis Enrique Barrios and Mauro Espinola are members of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in Mexico). The victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the MORENA party in the 1 July 2018 elections represented a turning point in Mexico’s history. Alongside the euphoria over this breakthrough and the enormous support for AMLO, there is an open […]
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The following is the text of a leaflet issued by Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) for the coming days of mass protests: Reject fake compromise! Beware of emergency laws! Spreading the revolution to China is essential for success! Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced her amendments to the extradition law, which triggered […]
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Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). Twenty years since he was first appointed Premier by the outgoing Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin in a provocative interview in the Financial Times recently declared that “Liberalism is dead”. His manifesto challenged the liberal capitalist elite currently dominating the European Union and rallied right-wing […]
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Anne Engelhardt is a member of Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). At the IEC meeting from 12 to 16 August, comrades from 25 different countries examined the origins and impact of the women’s movements around the world, and its connection to changes in the working class and its movement, in a lively session on socialist […]
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Leonard Chiwoniso Mhute and Sodindwa Malandelilanga are members of CWI Zimbabwe. On 16 August, the regime in Zimbabwe brutally attacked street demonstrations against the country’s seemingly endless economic and political crisis. The ruling elite fears a protest revolt such as in Sudan, having clearly seen the strength of the masses in action in the three […]
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